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蠟療

简蜡疗 · 繁蠟療

Mandarin · pinyin là liáo

wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)

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療: Look up this written character
蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
疗: liáo · be healed, cured, recover

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4–2 · la4 liao2

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laap6 liu4

Cantonese word readings for 蠟療. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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